Remix and MashUp

You've spent some time studying about property and property laws. You've learned that intellectual property includes patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Sometimes people have a hard time recognizing where piracy stops and fair use starts. Our 'clearance culture' requires that permission be obtained before you can use copyrighted material...or do you?

The Federal Legislature has codified the laws to help clear the fog. Remember that there are four factors that we use to determine 'fair use' of copyrighted material. They are:
•the purpose and character of the use
•the nature of the copyrighted work
•the amount and substantiality of the portion used
•the effect of the use on the market for the original

For this project, you will create a remix/mashup video of your own. You will need to follow carefully the four factors to make certain that you do not violate any copyright laws. You may choose any school appropriate topic. The video can tell a story, be a tribute--the subject is your choice. The video must be between 3 and 5 minutes in length. Videos will be posted to your team project pages on the Wikispace. The project will remain 'private' (which means only we can see them).

Remember to refer to the Property, Freedom of Expression, and Fair Use of Media lesson pages and the Fair Use FAQs on the Teaching Copyright website. You can also review the Code of Best Practices on the Center for Social Media website. All of these sources will give you guidance on how to proceed. We want to make sure that we do not violate any copyright laws.

You may use Creative Commons music from the Free Music Play website, but you must still give credit to the author.

Videos will be graded utilzing the rubric below:

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Storyboard	Storyboard created and turned in on time for approval. Shows clear outline of topic and content.	Storyboard created and turned in late for approval. Shows clear outline of topic and content.	Storyboard created, but does not show clear outline of topic and content.	Storyboard not created.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content.
Originality of Topic	Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.	Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.	Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.	Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.
Wikispace Content	Video is embedded on student's wikipage; explanation of video is included. No grammatical or spelling errors.	Video is embedded on student's wikipage; explanation of video is included. Only 1-3 grammar/spelling errors.	Video is embedded on student's wikipage; but, no explanation of video is included.	Video is not embedded on student's wikipage.